Duration

Jul 10- Jul 24, 2020

Mon - Fri 9:00-16:30

 

 

Eligibility

Students from overseas, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao must be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student prior to applying for this program

 

 

Fee

International travel expense: on one's own

Tuition: RMB 5400 (USD 760)

Lodging fee: on one's own, around RMB 3000 (USD 420)

 

＊Tuition waiver condition: participants from SJTU or SAB agreement cooperative universities or institutes are exempt from tuition fee; students excellent academic performance or from prominent universities or institutions can be exempt from tuition fee.

＊Lodging fee waiver condition: few students excellent academic performance can be exempt from lodging fee.

 

 

Credit

2 credits/2 weeks

 

 

Course Description

This course aims at introducing precision agriculture research and application in China to participants and further to the world, including the development, current status, and the future of Chinese and Shanghai’s precision agriculture. The goal is to show an overview of precision agriculture’s development and discuss the potentials in the future.

 

 

Highlights

- The summer school courses take different forms such as lectures and field trips, to give an overview of the development and application of precision agriculture in Shanghai, China.

 

- The lectures are elaborated by agricultural experts who have rich overseas education , working or teaching experiences, offering a professional course design.

 

- Culture elements are woven into the lectures and field trips, in order to help the participants to comprehend the background information and development condition of China, Chinese agriculture, and precision agriculture development here.

 

- By the end of this 2-week study experiences, students should have basic knowledge and understanding of the rich history, flourishing present, and bright future of precision agriculture in Shanghai, China.

 

 

 

Syllabus

 

Time					7.10	7.11	7.12
AM					Opening Ceremony	Free Activity or Two day Excursion (Optional)
PM					Ice-breaking activities
Time	7.13	7.14	7.15	7.16	7.17	7.18	7.19
AM	Cultural Awareness: Comparison of Chinese Culture and Western Culture	Metropolitan's Ecological Approach: Coupling Development with Urbanism and Urban Forestry in Shanghai (Assoc. Prof. Shan YIN)	Plant single-cell sequencing (Tenure Track Assoc. Prof. Hongbo GAO)	Application of Eco-informatics in Urban Green Space (Assoc. Prof.Nan HUI)	China Art Museum (Field Trip)	Free Activity or Two day Excursion (Optional)
PM	Student Activities	Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station-Zhongshan Park Monitoring Station	Chinese Language and Culture Lecture Series (1)	Science and Wisdom behind Traditional Chinese Foods (Assistant Researcher Wei LU)	Shanghai Museum (Field Trip)
Time	7.20	7.21	7.22	7.23	7.24
AM	A True Story about Food Safety in China (Prof. Chunlei SHI)	Signaling Mechanisms of the Photoreceptor UVR8 (Assoc. Prof. Ruohe YIN)	Digital Agriculture and Its Application across the Whole Production Chain (Assoc. Prof. Jingjin ZHANG)	Food Processing and Preservation Technologies (Assoc. Prof. Shunshan JIAO)	The History, Development, Challenge of Chinese Wine and Wine Tasting (Assistant Researcher Yu GAO)
PM	Bright Dairy & Food Co. (Field Trip)	Chinese Language and Culture Lecture Series (2)	Sunqiao Modern Agricultural Park: Plant Factory, Phenotype Platform, Greenhouse Cultivation	Chen Shan Botanic Garden (Field Trip)	Final Presentation (Teamwork)

 

 

 

Application

Online application：http://apply.sjtu.edu.cn

Application deadline: Apr 30

Payment deadline: May 29

 

 

Contacts

Program Director:

Jiaoyue LIU (Ms.) (liujiaoyue@sjtu.edu.cn)

Program Coordinator:

Dan WANG (Ms.) (danwang17@sjtu.edu.cn)

Zhihao WANG (Ms.) (zhihaowang_lisa@163.com)